fissionable

fissionable
/fish"euh neuh beuhl/, adj. Physics.
capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material. Also, fissile.
[1940-45; FISSION + -ABLE]

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